Child&#39;s vehicle



Allg. 4, 1925. 1,548,434

F. A. BERG CHILDS VEHICLE Filed July 26 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 /8 [we/enfuit' Aug. 4, 1925. 1,548,434

F. A. BERG CHILDS VEHICLE Filed July 26 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 4, 1925.

\ FREDERICK A.` Brine, or oHroAGo, ILLrnors.

entres verstore- Appiiauan ne@ July ze, 1.924. sensu Np, 728,312.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that Fnnnnnrori A. Enne, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Vehicles, of which the. following is a specilication.

My invention relates to toys, the inven-V tion being more particularly related to a toy having the salient characteristics of a heliooptor plano- 'Ighe main object of my invention is thev provision ofa novel toy of the character specified, constructed in simulation of a helicopter plane provided with a fuselage adapted to be occupied by a child and with superposed wings and lifting` propellers, the plane being also provided with means wliereby to be propelled and steered over the ground by the child. i

` Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invent-ion consists4 in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter de-` scribed and claimed,

The invention will be best understood by reference to the. accompanying` drawings forming a part of this specification, and Vin which,

Fig. l. is a topy plan view of a helicopter plane madev in accordance with the present invention Y Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on ythe line 33 of: Fig. 2; Y

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the steering means, taken on the line of Fig. 2; e

Fig. 5 shows an elevation of the swiveled wheel and connections, taken on the line 5 ,5., of Fig. 2;'and

f Fig. 6 shows as ection through a plane,

.taken approximately on the line ,ti-.r6 Oi' As shown in the accompanying drawings,

my improved helicopter. toy embodies a body 7, made as to its generaloutline in accordance with the conventional forni of fuselage for a machine of this character. This body or fuselage consists of main complementary members 8, longitudinally and outwardly curved, as shown, in order to obtain the desired structural outline. The main meinbers 8, such distance back of their forward ends as will allow sufficient space for a cowl, are supported on uprights which,

extend downwardly and are made. below the mainy n1 inbers in the form of running, gear struts 1,0 for the purpose of carrying' ings 1llVithin the bearings l1 are rro- Vided antifriction devices inv the form o ,f ball bearings 1.2 in Wboh. tores e Sbott 13 formed with cranks 14, each' carrying a Pedal 1,5- Thos@ pedals 1.5 aro also hilado with ball bearings 1:6 to reduce friction to a minimum. On the outer ends of the shaft 1.o are nieuwe de@ wheels u having fob# ber tires 18. A square pin 19 which is passed through the shaft 13 and through Suitable oportufoso tbe adiaooot d'sdwhool. 17, on the interior of which said pin is clamped upon the disc wheel, serves as means for making one olf these wheels-.fast with the shaft, thereby .constituting afdrivifng` Wbool- Tho opposite irhool 17 runs loos upon o Shaft, to permit advantageous tore ins of the toys. and it is hold against bof odontal removal by a retaining vroobol 20 and pin 21. Y 4

The main complementary members 8 are connected at their forward ends by a front panel 22 adjacent to which upon the Atop fideos of those mais members is mount-od o cowl 23 upwardly curved orbowed inthe form boot Shown in. 3- Tho uplisbf 9 are breood by transverse molobor 24; over Wbob the ooWl bos.- of downwardly dpending portion 2,5 designed to serve as an instrument board on which may be vprinted or otherwise produced indications yof instrumonts as 2,6-

As clearly shown in ligs. 2 and 3 the orlebo. oooh Ploioot odistouoo @boi/o th mais moiobofs for tbe Support of' o molo Plano 27- Proiootine from the. uioffe'bfs `9 it the top @debo of obo mais Hiomboro 8 oro Side planos 2S, Projecting' olsofrom the uprights 9 at the bottom odg-Sos of tho mais members 8. are Sido plainsY 29,- Tho Sido .Plenos 29 and 28 and as woll the tor plane 2f( are provided with alineid open? ings 3,0, spanned diametrically by ystraps 3,1 operatively carrying vertical shafts 32. The straps 31 are secured to. the planes by means of pins or vsuitable equivalents; and to thevortical shafts above and below the straps 31 are attached collars 34. TheA vertical shafts 32 are thus mounted rotation and at their topy ends above the plane 27 they carry horizontal or lifting `lilollbllt/FS' Rotatably mounted in the main 'members 8 and uprights 9 is a horizontal shaft 35 which carries at its outer ends disc wheels 37 having frictional engagement with the faces of disc wheels 38 pinned to the vertical shafts 32. The horizontal s haft 36 also carries a pulley 39 to which motion is transmitted by a cable or beltr 40 from a' pulley il on the crank shaft 13. 4t2 represents another horizontal shaft which eX- tends longitudinally of the fuselage, being mounted in the panels 22 and 24h This shaft in front of the panel 22 carries a vertical or driving propeller 48; and this shaft at its rear end carries a friction wheel 4l, in position frictionally to engage theface of the pulley 39. By means of these arrangements the vertical or driving propeller i3 and the horizontal or lifting propellers 35 are spun raround whenever the, toy is caused to travel over the ground through the rotation of the crank shaft 13.

represents a seat and i6 a back rest therefor, these parts being located between the main members 8 and the back rest projecting upwardly an appreciable distance above said main members as best shown in Fig. 2. Connecting the back rest 46 with the top edges of the main members S is a curved top closure or turtle back el?.v At their rear 4ends the main members El em brace a steering post t8 on the top of `which y is mounted the empennage for the toy, consisting of intersecting tail plates 49 and 50. The post 48 has a vertical bearing 5l, which is formed at the lower end of the post with a circular flange 5l. VHaving turning fit within the bearing-5l isa pin 52 which projects upwardly from a .yoke 53 betweenthe members of which is located a rubber tired'caster wheel 54: mounted on a pin or axis which connects lthe members of the yoke as shown. Forthe purpose of eliminating friction the hub of the caster wheel 54C is provided with ball bearings 56; it being observed in this connection that the front wheels 17 and hubs are similarly equipped with ball bearings. The top of the yoke 53 has a-V portion-made inthe form of a segment4 gear 57. In mesh with the part V57 is a segment gear 58which is carried by Va steering shaft 59, theV rear end of this steering shaft having turning yfit in a keeper 60 providedv in the post 48 while the forwardA portion thereof is operatively supported in a hanger G1 depending from the seat 45. The forward end of this steering shaft is yoked at G2 to receive the end of a control stick 63, pivotally mounted on a pin 64:. By turning the control stick 63 to and fro, transversely of the fuselage, the toy may be steered in any direction desired since the caster wheelwill be moved in accordance with the turning of the steering shaft. Bei-ng pivotally mounted in the yoke end 62 of theJ steering shaft, the control stick 63 is also movable towards and, away from the seat 45. This provision is made in order that children of different ages or sizes may be able to sit in the seat and conveniently control the steering of the toy. For the purpose of protecting the household furniture and other articles from being marred or otherwise injured by the helicopter plane during its travels, the outer edges of the planes 27, 428 and 29 also` of the tail blades i9 and 50 are provided with semi-circular recesses 65 (see Fig. `G) in which are secured ropes-or lengths of pliable material 66, consisting of rubber, felt or other suitable material. i

ltfhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for car rying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. l, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims. y

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i, i V p l. A childs vehicle simulating a heli copter plane comprising a fuselage having pedal operated means for propelling it over the ground, a plane construction carrying a simulation of a lifting propeller, and means for operating the lifting propeller. n

2. A childs vehicle simulating a helicopter plane "comprising a fuselage having pedal operated means for propelling it over the ground, superposed planes for the fuselage, horizontal propellers on one of the planes, and means for operating said horizontal propellers from the propelling means.

3. A childs vehicle simulating a helicopter plane comprising a wheeled fuselage, superposed planes, horizontal propellers on one of theplanes, and pedal operated means for propelling the vehicle and driving said horizontal propellers. 1 y Y 4. A ohilds vehicle simulating a helicopter plane comprising a wheeled fuselage, propellers-in simulation of liftingpropellers lOl) thereon, a seat construction in the fuselage,

and means comprising pedals operable by the occupant of the seat for drivingfsaid 4propellers. l. y

` 5. A childs vehicle snnulatin a "helicoptcr plane comprising a wheele fuselage,

superposed propellers in simulation oflifting propellers thereon, a seat construction, means operable from the seat for propelling the plane over the ground, and means comprising. pedals for revolving'the lifting propellers from said propelling means.

G. A childs vehicle simulating a helicopter plane comprising a fuselage, driving wheels supporting the front portion of the fuselage, a pedal operated axle for said wheels, superposed planes, horizontal propellers on one of the planes, and means for operating said horizontal propellers from said axle.

7. A childs vehicle simulating a helicopter plane comprising a fuselage, driving Wheels supporting the front portion of the fuselage, a pedal operated axle in connection With one of the Wheels, a swiveled steering Wheel, planes superposed and one of them carrying horizontal propellers, means for operating the horizontal propellers from the pedal operated axle, and means for controlling the siviveled Wheel.

8. A childs vehicle simulating a helicopter plane comprising a fuselage provided With a seat, Wheels for the support of the fuselage including travel Wheels and a caster Wheel, a pedal operated axle in connection with one of the travel Wheels and under the control of the occupant of the seat, means for controlling the caster Wheel from the seat, superposed planes, horizontal propel- 1ers on one of the planes, and means for driving said horizontal propellers from said pedal operated axle.

9. A childs vehicle simulating a helicopter plane comprising a fuselage provided With a seat, supported planes supported in connection With the fuselage, ruiming gear for the fuselage including a swiveled steeing Wheel, a rack in connection With said steering Wheel, a segment gear in mesh with said rack, and means under the control of the occupant of the seat for actuating said segment gear.

l0. A childs vehicle simulating a helicopter plane comprising a fuselage provided With a seat, superposed planes carried in Connection with the fuselage, running gear for the fuselage including a siviveled steering Wheel, a rack in connection with said steering Wheel, a segment gear in mesh with said rack, and means under the control of the occupant of the seat for actuating said segment gear, said means including a shaft for the segment gear and a control stick for rocking the shaft, said control stick being pivoted for movement toward and away from said seat.

ll. A childs vehicle simulating a helicopter plane comprising a fuselage having a seat, running gear for the fuselage including a Wheeled axle bent to provide a gear fitted with pedals operable from said seat, superposed planes carried by the fuselage, each provided With circular openings, straps bridging said openings, a shaft operatively mounted in said straps centrally of said openings, propellers carried by said shaftsand neans for operating said shafts from said Wheeled axle.

1Q. A childs vehicle simulating a. helicopter plane comprising a fuselage having' a cowl and a seat, running gear for the fuselage including a Wheeled axle bent to provide a crank fitted With pedals operable from said seat, superposed planes carried by the fuselage, each provided with circular' openings, straps bridging said openings, a shaft operatively mounted in said straps centrally of said openings, propellers carried by said shafts, a shaft supported in advance of said covvl, a propeller on said shaft and means for operating said plane supported shafts and said cowl supported shaft from said wheeled axle.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FREDERICK A. BERG.

Vitnesses:

Fianna C. APPLn'rON, JOSHUA R. H. Po'rrs. 

